SLC23-W4 | Breakfasts
Greetings and welcome to my blog. It’s another week of exciting learning on healthy cooking and eating.
Class tasks
First breakfast: Prepare a breakfast with eggs as the main ingredient, identifying the macronutrients present in the dish.
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- Eggs
- Potatoes
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Oil
- Butter
I prepared scrambled Spanish omelette. I peeled my potatoes and sliced them in vey thin pieces for easy cooking. I cut the onions and fresh tomatoes.
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I added butter to the pan and added the potatoes. I allowed it to cook for sometime until the potatoes are well cooked under low heat and then I added the tomatoes and onions and salt to taste.
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I allowed to cook a little and I added my eggs and covered to cook.
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I love my omelette scrambled so I scrambled it and then my omelette was ready.
| My scrambled omelette. |  |
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First breakfast presentation
Identifying the macro nutrients present
| Food items | Macro nutrients present |
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| Potatoes | Carbohydrate |
| Eggs | Protein |
| Butter | Fat |
2nd breakfast: Prepare a breakfast with eggs as the main ingredient and add a bread substitute.
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- Eggs
- Vegetables
- Sweet Potatoes
Procedure
I peeled my potatoes and boiled them alongside with the eggs and sliced the vegetables.
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I added water to the pot and a dash of olive oil. I added crayfish, onions, pepper and salt to the water for taste. I allowed to boil and added my vegetables to the water and stirred. Allowed to boil for some minutes and server.
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| My second breakfast was ready |  |
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Second breakfast presentation
Bread substitute
The bread substitutes present was vegetables and sweet potatoes.
Third breakfast: Prepare a breakfast with eggs as the main ingredient, analyzing the ingredients present in your dish.
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- Toast bread
- Boiled egg
- Olive oil
- Cup of beverage
Procedure
I Boiled my egg first. I have been avoiding eating fried food for sometime so instead of frying the egg, I had to leave them boiled. I used a brush to apply olive oil lightly on my bread to toast it manually.
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I didn’t have a toaster hence I had to toast the bread manually. And I used beverage as accompanying liquid.
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My breakfast of toast bread, boiled egg and beverage was ready.
My third breakfast presentation
Analyzing the ingredients present
| Food items | Type / status | Nutrients present |
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| Eggs | Food/ Healthy | Protein |
| Potatoes | Food /Healthy | Carbohydrate |
| Olive oil | Food product/ Healthy | Fat |
| Milk powder | Food product/Healthy | Protein |
| Chocolate powder | Food product/ Healthy | Carbohydrate |
Food products ingredients analysis
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Milk powder:
Contains Protein, Carbohydrates, Sucrose,Fat,
Mineral Salts, Vitamins
Value per 100 gram
| Energy | 2171kj |
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| Protein | 10 |
| Carbohydrates | 41.5 |
| Sucrose | 5.0 |
| Fat | 35 |
| Mineral Salts | 5.5 |
| Vitamins | 2700 |
Chocolate powder
Contains Protein, Carbohydrate, Sugar, Fat, Salt
Vitamins(A, D,E,K,C, thiamin riboflavin, niacin, biotin, folic acid etc)
Value per 100g
| Protein | 5.01 |
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| Carbohydrate | 79.69 |
| Sugar | 49 |
| Fat | 9.17 |
| Salt | 0.40 |
| Vitamins | 1974 |
Eating healthy is vey important hence we should always check food product labels before buying to avoid taking in unhealthy products or over/ultra processed foods.
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